Category Business Funding

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Stuff the Dinosaurs

May 8, ’12 10:19 AM

Keep up won’t you – most websites that promote ‘how to successfully start and run your own business’ are sponsored by big companies and government bodies and written by people that are in jobs and have never started their own business. The advice is so yesterday. It is stuff from antiquity that belongs in a…

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Getting into bed with the celebs

Apr 27, ’12 6:55 PM

Not about frocks Keep up won’t you; I’m not asking you to actually sleep with the celebs. I don’t allow anyone to sleep with me. Simon Cowell’s unofficial biography mentioned Dannii Minogue but not me. Yet, coincidentally, I also have a chic shorter ‘do and a couple of designer frocks with an of-the-moment statement shoulder.…

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Who can you trust to help you and your biz?

Apr 27, ’12 12:20 PM

Who can you trust to help you to survive and thrive? There is a better way of getting help than from Government and Big Company funded start up and micro business support programmes. That’s not to say we don’t want their help and a lot of these free offers of help are good and needed.…

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7 Questions To Ask When Considering Equity Finance For Your Business

Apr 1, ’12 6:20 PM

Do you have a registered limited company? For equity finance to work, you need to have a limited company (occasionally limited partnerships are acceptable), which then allows for the allocation of company shares to your external investors. If you are unsure about the advantages and disadvantages of moving from your current structure to that of…

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The Real Deal – Don’t Accept Anything Less

Mar 19, ’12 8:55 PM

Entrepreneur Conferences need a business health warning. November and March are always the biggest months for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship conferences. Last week, I was lucky enough to be in Liverpool for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress. Last year it was in Dubai and next year it’s in Rio de Janeiro so we were lucky to have…

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Crowdfunding – could it work for your business?

Jan 18, ’12 7:21 PM

Crowdfunding is becoming an increasingly popular method for small businesses and social ventures to raise much needed funds.  The map below gives you some idea of the scale of growth in Crowdfunding over recent years.  Interestingly, the same source indicates that 46% of all UK Crowdfunding platforms were launched in 2011 alone, so with the…

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November – A Chance to get out there!

Nov 9, ’11 9:22 AM

How did it get to November? Already I am being inundated with pictures of friends of mine growing their ‘Movember‘ moustache for charity, a sure sign that the year is marching on! November is a key time in the calendar of those involved in supporting small businesses and start ups in the UK, and there…

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Shell LiveWIRE Awards Supported By WinWeb.com

Jul 5, ’11 3:34 PM

WinWeb have today announced it’s support for the Shell LiveWIRE Awards and Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, by sponsoring each applicant with it’s online cloud-based WinWeb Business Planning Software for 12 months free of charge. Read more on this story on the WinWeb Businessblog or on the Shell LiveWIRE Site or even…

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